The Vallance Centre


Appointments

Urgent Appointments

All our morning GP appoitnments are book on the day only. However patients can ring the surgery from 8.00am on 0161 272 9616. You can also walk into the reception from 8.30am and book an appointment. Patients must arrive before 10.30am if they wish to be seen in the morning surgery (when the surgeries are fully booked before this time, patients requesting to book into the open surgery will be informed and alternative options will be given).

If you’re situation is a life threatening one then please call 999. 

Getting to see a Doctor

Telephone 0161 272 9616 8am-8.30am appointment line only for morning open surgery.
Telephone 0161 272 9616 from 8.30am and select option 1 for appointments.

Morning open surgery starts at 8.30am. However patients can ring the surgery from 8.00am on the above telephone number. You can also walk into the reception from 8.30am and book an appointment. Patients must arrive before 10.30am if they wish to be seen in the morning surgery (when the surgeries are fully booked before this time, patients requesting to book into the open surgery will be informed and alternative options will be given).

Should you feel you no longer require your appointment please cancel or re-arrange as this would allow the surgery to allocate the appointment to another patient.

PM surgeries

(By appointment only)
Telephone 0161 272 9616 from 8.30am and select option 1 for appointments. Afternoon GP appointments are bookable in advance and can be booked upto 4 weeks ahead. Afternoon GP appoitments are bookable via patient access/NHS App and our online consultation function, you can find links at both the top and bottom of this page.

Evening and weekend Appointments

Evening and weekend appointments are available with multiple different clinicians, you can book these in advance by visiting reception, calling 0161 272 9616 or visiting your choice of patiet online or NHS App. 

Home Visits

Telephone 0161 272 9616 select option 2 for enquiries. If a patient is too ill or too infirm to attend the surgery, the doctor may decide to visit them at home. Please make requests for home visits before 10.00am if possible, so that we can organise our day’s work.

Should you need a doctor in an emergency after the surgery has closed, ring the surgery number. It would also be of assistance if you could say how your house can be identified from its neighbours, especially after dark, in cases where visits are arranged.

Getting to speak to a doctor

Telephone 0161 272 9616 select option 2 for enquiries.

If you wish to speak to a doctor you can ring the Health Centre and a member of the team will take your details and telephone number and a doctor will ring you back at the end of surgery. (If it is urgent a doctor will ring you back immediately)

Changing/Cancelling Appointments

To change or cancel an appointment you can either call the surgery on 0161 272 9616, visit your patient online app or NHS app or you can cancel via reply to your appointment text confimation/reminder.